Comfort Food Recipes: Pork Chops, Fried Green Tomatoes and More

Smothered Pork Chop These pork chops are every bit as delish as the ones from your favorite diner. The only things missing are sticky tables and the weird guy in the next booth. (Ok, maybe just the weird guy...) Serves: 4 Prep Time: 25 mins Total Time: 25

Oven Fried Shrimp Enjoy soulful, Southern-style fried shrimp without the toiling over a vat of boiling oil. 'Cause really: who doesn't want to avoid a vat of boiling oil? Serves: 4 Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 25 mins

Steak and Mushroom Stroganoff This creamy noodle dish is a cozy as your favorite jammies (minus the bleach stains and the hole in the left knee). Serves: 4 Prep Time: 25 mins Total Time: 43 mins

Fried Green Tomatoes If a tomato's fried up crispier than a French fry and dipped in a yummy sauce, does it still count as a veggie? Our sources say, ''Yes!" Serves: 6-8 Prep Time: 25 mins Total Time: 25 mins

Bacony Collard Greens Want to increase the odds your kids will try a new vegetable? One word: Bacon! (Turns out that bacon trick works on us, too!) Serves: 6-8 Prep Time: 25 mins Total Time: 45 mins

Butterscotch Pudding You can't really be comforted until you've downed a big bowl of dessert. (That's our truth and we're sticking to it.) It takes about 5-7 (or even 20) spoonfuls of this dreamy goodness before the comfort really kicks in. Serves: 4-6 Prep Time: 30 mins Total Time: 2 hours (cool time)